And veteran UBP MP C.V. (Jim) Woolridge and Premier Jennifer Smith locked horns during the head-to-head over the Education Ministry's pot of cash for the year.
Mr. Woolridge accused the Premier, also Education Minister, of making "an inadequate state...
DATE: Mar 02, 1999 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
James Collieson has dropped out of Bermuda's Davis Cup team days before they fly out to compete in Trinidad.
Collieson, 21, who studies at the University of North Carolina in Wilmington, has instead opted to play an important tournament for his colle...
DATE: Mar 02, 1999 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Kent
The PLP's start to the Budget debate was yesterday slammed by Shadow Education Minister Tim Smith.
Mr. Smith said: "There was no comprehensive overview or indication to allow an Opposition Member to debate its credibility.
"She produced nothing for u...
DATE: Mar 02, 1999 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
So you want to help young people in Bermuda to avoid or throw off the shackles of drug abuse, but you don't know exactly how to go about it? PRIDE's 13th annual conference at the end of this week -- complete with international speakers and family wo...
they left behind, Works Minister Alex Scott told MPs on Friday.
Mr. Scott, opening for the Government in the Budget Debate, said talks had been taking place with the US Government with regard to the Longbird Bridge in St. George's.
And he said he was...
Budget Statement, which was delivered in the House of Assembly on Friday. The first part of the full text of the reply was carried in Saturday's newspaper.
Other pieces of legislation, which are important to the competitiveness of our international b...
ERROR RG P4 2.3.1999 A feature story on Premier Jennifer Smith, in yesterday's paper, incorrectly stated that she was Bermuda's first elected Premier. It should have stated that Ms Smith is the Island's first elected female Premier.
Not one for smal...
A story in Saturday's paper incorrectly stated that Government announced a Budget of more than $500 billion. It should have read more than $500 million.
The first-ever Progressive Labour Party Budget could drive Bermuda onto financial rocks, Shadow F...
DATE: Feb 27, 1999 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY Mr. Speaker, The United Bermuda Party is concerned that there was only a passing reference in the PLP Budget Statement to the conduct of economic diplomacy.
Recommendations and positions taken by the OECD, the European Union and ...
The national finals of the Island-wide Spelling Bee competition is set to take place tonight.
Finalists from 15 Government primary schools and three local middle schools will meet in the Ruth Seaton James Auditorium at CedarBridge Academy to battle f...
